Jeff Pu doesn’t really have the credibility in Apple predictions. What he said is very likely to be wrong.
One of the hardest things to do in the modern world is to distinguish between reality and nonsense that is being peddled as reality.mmW on a bunch of street corners doesn't make up for widespread mid-band 5G.
Yes, but not for the point I am making!The Apple Watch Ultra is definite progress for GPS.
One of the hardest things to do in the modern world is to distinguish between reality and nonsense that is being peddled as reality.
I have no idea what the situation is like for the "entire" US; all I can say is that I'm pretty amazed at just how extensive mmWave coverage is in the large cities I live in and have recently visited. To hear the propaganda, mmWave barely works and is only appropriate for airports and stadia. Well, not exactly...
I'm not interested in some sort of p**ssing war over which country sucks most; I leave that to people incapable of appreciating the beauty of physics/math/technology. All I can say is that it's not just Americans who are clueless about life in other countries...
The Intel modems were so bad. Even with Apple taking ownership of the Intel Modem line, I will personally wait to see how they preform before making a purchase.
If the rumors turn out to be true that the iPhone 15 will be the first iPhone with USB-C and the last with a QC modem, then it might end up being the iPhone I hold onto for a long, long time.
apple would bent hell on earth to not pay royalties, especially consider apple got it's own history of shady practices of not paying out royalties to lesser companies.
I got a taste of 5G on my S21 and I was ecstatic that it reached 80mbps on a Speedtest 😂One of the best things about 5G speeds is there's actual data to determine who's fast and slow.
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I think they were fine with having the modems externally sourced, as long as there was a competition between 2 or more suppliers;My theory is Apple badly wanted to bring modem development in-house. Similar to what they and Srouji did with Apple silicon and resulting A/M series chips. And not being beholden to another company for an important and pricey piece of their phones. Also... being able to eventually roll their own (hoping to, anyway) secret sauce into Apple modem chips unavailable to competitors, and thus locking Apple into a large competitive advantage over competing phones having less performance, is huge.
If that’s what you’re complaining about, then you’re missing the point of 5G. One of the main real world benefits of 5G is increased connection reliability in bandwidth starved situations (along with reduced lag), at least with carriers that have implemented this well. This is a really big deal.I’m tired of these “theoretical speeds” that nobody ever seems to get. Saying it could be up to 10Gbps is meaningless to me, especially if it’s the mmWave crap that cuts the signal if you open an umbrella or turn your body. In reality none of this matters except for power efficiency improvements moving to a smaller process node from TSMC. The vast majority of people have all had mobile speeds between 50-150Mbps for the past decade. I mean just look at these average results from Speedtest.net from August:
T-Mobile
117Mbps / 12Mbps
Verizon Wireless
60Mbps / 9Mbps
AT&T
55Mbps / 7Mbps
I was getting 30-40Mbps on Verizon LTE in 2012 on my iPhone 5. Things have barely improved on average.
As for my iPhone 14 Pro, I just got 260Mbps down and 10Mbps up. Or in other words, 2.6% of the maximum theoretical speed of 10Gbps. Which is why that number really doesn’t matter.
Whoever said that wasn’t paying attention. In 2019, Apple signed a multi-year chip supply agreement with Qualcomm, with licensing until at least 2025.I still remember Macrumorus and most of its comments were suggesting Apple could *cough* move mountains and have their own modem by *2020*.
"If they can make the world's best CPU they can make modem!"
And then 2021, 2022, 2023..... and what? We are 2025 now?
Yes but jdI got a taste of 5G on my S21 and I was ecstatic that it reached 80mbps on a Speedtest 😂
Here in Indonesia, the towers are so congested that 4G right now is running at 3G speed. It is made worse with 3G being shut down, resulting every cellular devices crowding the already congested 4G towers…
5G is critically needed to help with the congestion over here.
3G is already shut down. Imo it is probably mostly will be for 5G as 4G currently is not getting any better. Thus my goal to upgrade my 7+ to a 5G capable iphone.Yes but jd
f indunesia does it the sane way as a few other places, once 3G is shut down the frequencies will be re purposed fir 4G/ 5G so it will give a boost to caoacity ( both because of mor rf spectrum and way mote eficient over air air transmission)
LOl. He used untaxed cash from the Irish account, then proceeded to claim a deduction with the IRS.I think Tim Cook may look back on buying Intel’s modem business as one of his single greatest mistakes.
And what's OpenSignal's methodology?One of the best things about 5G speeds is there's actual data to determine who's fast and slow.
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They're still filing lots of patents in this space. Here's a recent one:I do hope Apple succeed in making one and not scrap the project. The A and M series of chips are immensely capable and are not power hungry. Hope the modem turns out good as well and in future included in all their mobile devices (incl. Macbooks). Take your time Apple.
I think Tim Cook may look back on buying Intel’s modem business as one of his single greatest mistakes.
oh i thought they somehow integrated it ,im used to qualcom own SOC having qualcom integrated modem ig
LOl. He used untaxed cash from the Irish account, then proceeded to claim a deduction with the IRS.
Smart